A very cool thing happened at the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl on December 26, 2013 in downtown Detroit. Army First Lt. Anthony Ashford, who recently returned from overseas, was given the gift of a lifetime – keys to a new home.

The Quicken Loans Cash Thanksgive-a-way is history. The results are in. The winners have been notified and they're going to be very happy to receive a nice check for $500, just in time for the holidays.

Thank you, America. You ranked us “Highest in Customer Satisfaction for Primary Mortgage Origination” in the U.S. for the fourth straight year. Words cannot express how grateful we are for your confidence in ranking us higher than any other mortgage company in the country for four years in a row.

Amazon.com revealed plans to launch a new method of package delivery called Amazon Prime Air: a fleet of unmanned drones primed to drop your order on your doorstep within a half hour of the time you complete your purchase. Could flying robots be the delivery men and women of the future?

Quicken Loans was named Company of the Year by the Michigan Chronicle at the annual Legacy in Motion Gala held at Cobo Center on December 7, 2013. Honorees included Berry Gordy, Jr., Mayor-Elect Mike Duggan and many others.

It’s imperative that we continue to honor those service men and women who lived and died on Pearl Harbor Day, through stories or history lessons. We cannot forget all that they did, and it's through their stories and their experiences they will continue to live on. As poet and essayist George Santayana said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”